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I'm a guitarist and try to sing a little. 

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Puzzle King

My name is François Puzenat. Puzzle King is my solo project of progressive rock. I live near Roanne in France. I offer you an unformatted music that don't underestimate the open mindedness of its public. I suggest you a story resulting of my own history and that is not politically correct.
Anna

This text aims to present my first concept album Anna : a progressive rock that plunges its roots in the 70's and spreads its foliage in the third millennium. And, as for the theme, it is set at the beginning of the twentieth century, during the Russian Revolution : Anna and Anatoli are   struggling at a time favourable to extremist situations, behaviors and feelings. They try to preserve their love in spite of the war, in spite of the revolution.
Why did I choose the Revolution of 1917, a polemic topic, as a background to the story of Anna ? Well, : in 1917, My paternal grandfather was 13 years old and was already a young worker. My maternal grandfather was a modest 18 year old farmer. From France, they experienced the Russian Revolution as a great hope for all peoples. They supported with sincerity this fragment of humankind in search of dignity. Today, the revolution of 1917 has fallen into disgrace. It is easily condemned without further ado. To put the balance right and distinguish myself from a musical sphere too often conformist and sanitized, I've decided to write Anna.
Unusual in its musical form, singular in its theme, the album Anna also differ by an original distribution : "Sunday's prog". Anna is made of 13 tracks included 3 acts, one preamble and one epilogue. They will be available successively, every sunday, in free streaming. There will be 4 “deliveries” from 20 th May to 10 rd June 2012.
More ordinary but nevertheless to report, the full album (CD or digital) is available from 20 th may 2012 on the website of Puzzle King, Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Fnac…
Creation

Puzzle King is a personal project started in 2009 with the beginning of the creation of Anna. I wrote the script and lyrics, composed the music, programmed the drums, recorded the guitars, keyboards and vocals (in French and English), added sound effects. The bass was recorded by Nathalie Prost. Guillaume Ninon from Studiolaf (Nemo, Wolfspring ...) was responsible for the mixing and mastering.
Conclusion

The purpose of this paper is to introduce you to my first concept album Anna. My approach is passionate and sincere. I made every effort to ensure that my compositions are played, listened to and that they meet their public. Some will be attracted by the music, others by the story. For my part, I'll know if there are people who think like me. I'll know if I'm not alone.

 

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Name : Puzzle King.

Musical style : Progressive rock. What's more difficult than to describe objectively one's own music ? That's why I will not ... More specifically, I'll describe it all the same (you are reading this lines for that), but not impartially, this is not possible. You have been warned, let's go.
To enjoy my music, you must accept the loss of our traditional musical models (the famous "song" format). You must put a lot of youself in the listening and devote yourself to it exclusively for an hour and a quarter. And, ultimately, what a trip !
The freedom of compositions allows a successful combination of various musical genres (progressive rock, hard-rock, classical music, song), between calm passages and slamming sequences. They jump within each title without monotony or systematization and surprise the listener with their originality constantly renewed.
Despite these rhythm changes, the puzzle that is offered comes together seamlessly thanks to a captivating and intense story. It's a potential movie that keeps us in suspense in an atmosphere filled with emotion. And you find yourself enjoying a French text (for the French version of course), poetic and narrative, on a punchy rock music. Then, a decompression stage is needed, just after the last note of the album : a moment where one remains troubled and thoughtful, it's a sure sign that the challenge has been met.
To sum up, my music is free, saturated with emotion and with enchanting sensitivity. This is a “shivering music”. It can be described as cinematographic, progressive rock. However, for sure, it is away from fashions, it is not trendy. If you love Justin Bieber's "positive attitude", this album is probably not for you. If your goal is to have fun on the dancefloor, this is probably not the right option. For all the others, listen !

Place : Roanne in France.

Member : François Puzenat (author, composer, vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming).

Events : Release of the concept album Anna and installation of " Sunday's prog ».

Guests :

    Nathalie Prost : bass,
    Yannick Thinon : trombone,
    Pierre Fournier : clarinet.

Influences :

    Progressive rock bands : Genesis, Yes, Anathema, Pain of Salvation, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Sylvan, Moongarden, Mars Volta, Dream Theater, Saga, Galahad, Rush, Marillion, Kaïpa, Riverside, The Flower Kings, Lazuli, Nemo, Gazpacho, Blind Ego, Eureka, Unitopia.
    Hard-rock or pop bands, but always with a light background of prog : Queen, Supertramp, Barclay James Harvest, Queensrÿche, Muse, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Faith No More, Journey, Boston, Kansas, Thin Lizzy, AC-DC, King’s X, Status Quo, Van Halen, Scorpions (with Uli Jon Roth), Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Toto, Fishbone, Foreigner, Maroon 5.
    French music and more : Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Jean Ferrat, Daniel Balavoine, Francis Cabrel, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Renaud, Téléphone.
    Classical : Erik Satie, Edvard Grieg.

The album Anna is sold on :

    The shop of Puzzle King
    Bandcamp
    iTunes, Deezer, Fnac, Amazon, Virgin Mega, Spotify, Orange, Sfr, emusic, Nokia, Real, Simfy, Tradebit, Last FM, Zune, Myspace, 24-7, iHeartRadio, MediaNet, Rumblefish, Rhapsody, GreatIndieMusic, Google Music Store.

Thank you for giving priority to the shop of Puzzle King for your purchases.

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Take part in the discussion on :

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Contact :

    Puzzle King
    François Puzenat
    1425 route des grandes roches 42370 Saint-André d’Apchon – France
    France : 04 77 65 93 90
    Out of France : 00 33 4 77 65 93 90
    contact@puzzlekingmusic.com
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My full name is Julie Maria Staines.
 
I was born in The London Hospital in Whitechapel on the 13th September 1972 and was brought up in Chadwell Heath in Essex with my Mum and Dad and sister Anne who was six years older than me and wouldn't let me in her room very often.   
My mother, Kathleen, was a fairly strict Catholic so Anne and I did the whole Church on Sunday thing, which was cool because I was massively in love with Josef Costa who was an altar boy and we both went to religious schools: St.Bede’s Primary and Canon Palmer Secondary. As long as I was somewhere near Joe I didn't care.
 
My father, a proper East-end boy was in the motor industry by day and the jazz scene - when us kids were asleep in bed - by night and that's probably where it all began for me. I loved everything about going to gigs with my Dad (when I was occasionally allowed). 
The smell of the beer and the cigarette smoke.  The men all dressed up on Sunday lunchtime in bow ties and suits and the ladies looking glamorous. The complimentary roll mops and roast spuds on the bar. The mic stands, the drum kit, the free drinks. The fact  that everyone in that pub knew my Dad by his first name and he was the star whose picture you could see displayed behind the bar.
 
I guess I knew right then that this is what I wanted for myself. Something about the whole thing truly grabbed me and I was hooked.
 
My Mother, died tragically  when I was only eleven and by now Anne was out working and staying at boyfriends’ houses. This did mean one good thing though: I had my Dad to myself.

Every Sunday we would cruise around London in his Mustang with the top down listening to Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby and it was always the words he made me listen to.  So there it is, set in stone forevermore: my earliest memory of being educated in music and of learning to appreciate the way great singers phrase and tell a story through song. A passion for lyrics was born.

 
Most of the kids in my school left as early as they could and if you lived that close to London you ended up working in the City. So I joined the masses of folk who travel on the underground everyday and spent a lot of life stuck in tunnels trying to read whoever was sitting next to me's newspaper, without them noticing. But of course they always did.

It was around this time that my Dad  had remarried and though I no longer had him to myself  it didn't matter because they gave me a beautiful baby brother who they called Jake, named after Jake's Burgers in Seven Kings. Six years after that a second beautiful boy arrived called Robert and the small family grew and four became six.
 
I worked in a firm of Solicitors in Great Portland Street in the West End as an office junior and generally messed about, smoking in cupboards and laughing all day with a classic girl, Julie who thought I was hilarious, which is handy when you're a bit of a joker like me. We ate curry just about every lunchtime which cost us all of a pound in the Indian Y.M.C.A. and drank tea and stole biscuits for the rest of the time. Work? Not really that much.
 
Needless to say apart from the laughs my heart wasn't truly in it so I legged it out of the 9-5 thing after meeting a German producer who I began a collaboration with. He often nagged me about my constant singing out of tune and made me sing into a guitar tuner to practise. I soon realized that this was not the Lennon/McCartney partnership I was looking for and I joined an all girl rock band called 'Dearjon'.
 
I gained all my experience from that band and had an absolute blast. What a fantastically crazy ride to work with chicks that get to share everything:  bras, lipstick, taste in men, food, beds, cars, fights, pillows, sandwiches, socks, the stage. Mums - of which there were quite a few - wanted to adopt me. Spiritual beliefs, music, books, records,  jumpers, planes, record deals and hot grub before rehearsals from the bass player, Lid's Italian parents who had a chippy in Kinson. 
 
Liddy didn't drive back then but she had no problems getting the rest of us to pick her up before gigs because we all knew that whoever got there first got the pickled wally and hot chips. What a result!
 
We gigged in just about every town in this country for a pittance which we never even saw because the sound guy got that. We toured, we made records, we signed deals, we did T.V. shows. We travelled to different countries, we had fab clothes, we played at Wembley, we did lots of radio roadshows, we worked harder than any other band I've ever known and we were mates. BUT............It wasn't for me. 
 
The band split. Sort of. Me and the Drummer, Tina left and the rest of them went to South Africa taking Lidia with them. She soon came back though and landed herself the job of bass player in Ezio, an outstanding and amazing band, so no complaints from Lid. Meanwhile I hooked up with a local producer Steve Ennever and we wrote a bunch of songs, did some cool gigs - with the help of some mates - and signed a huge recording contract in New York with Columbia Records.
 
Jon Leshay, who now manages Mandy Moore and various other artists, was the man who mentored me throughout. He lent me money he almost certainly never saw again, took me to great restaurants, introduced me to some pretty fantastic people, inspired me to write music when I didn't want to. Believed in me, got my songs used in films and TV, made his home my home every time I was over there and his family made me welcome around their dining table too many times to mention.
Twelve years on and I still send him everything I write because if Jon doesn't like it I know that nobody else will either. He has that wonderful gift which can sniff out the talent and spot a hook and a melody within the first few seconds of hearing it. 

Because I knew so many industry people over there in America I spent a year there on and off. I never had a green card so I had to keep coming back which I never wanted to do. Somehow I still feel that a little piece of me has been left over there under a tree or in a diner somewhere and I could see myself going back one day to live.

British Racing Green was recorded at Sunset Sound and Ocean Way Studios in LA and was mixed in New York. I don’t know if I liked going over there to work or to shop because that was often just as thrilling. (I’m not really into fashion at all but the clothes were cheaper and generally cooler and the make-up in Bloomingdales, well don’t even get me started on that.)

I would come back with bag loads of stuff.

Anyway, Mike Elizondo, producer and co-writer for Eminem and Dr.Dre, was our bass player, Brian McCloud was the drummer and Lyle Workman the guitarist and these guys were some of the best session musicians in the world and between them have worked on so many massive records. I was a very lucky little cockney.

We stayed in a complex in LA built for actors, musicians, film-makers and the like while they’re making movies and albums, so if I wasn’t in the studio, I was sat around the pool with all the stars of tomorrow. Life was tough back then.

The record took three months to make and the Americans seemed to like us Brits.  I felt at home. I remember Green Day spent a fair amount of time in our studio lounge because of all the English tea I made. That was before they trashed their own studio and Tori Amos gave me some very good advice about signing the deal when we met at The Four Seasons. I played her some piano and needless to say she quickly left.

I became friends with some glorious songwriters and musicians and had the time of my life. Was privileged to see some amazing live shows: David Bowie at the Amphitheatre in LA (although we had to leave early because the strobes were literally doing my epileptic mate’s head in) , Johnny Cash at The House Of Blues, Ricki Lee Jones in New York, Michael Stipe - who thought he had been to a party with me earlier that week - Madonna in a diner and I would also try to spy on Brad Pitt who lived down the road from Jon. I often saw Clint Eastwood, who was producing a record in the studio next to ours, and LOVED hearing all the rock and roll stories from the guys we were around.

So, when my album was never released and I had to come back to England with a big thump and had to try to make some money, it was a bit of a blow to say the least and I spent several years sulking.

I stopped writing songs and had my only son, Sid.

Having another mouth to feed put even more pressure on Sid’s father and I to keep money coming in and he was only doing little bits of supply work because he couldn’t get a permanent teaching job in Bournemouth. We were more broke than ever before so I got in touch with a local agent who said she could get me plenty of work in hotels in Bournemouth but that I would need a pianist. She gave me the telephone number of two piano players in the area.

One was a man who, when we spoke on the phone, didn’t exactly float my boat and the other was Esther. 
She answered the phone call and I said ‘ Hi, Michelle gave me your number, I’m looking to put a trio together to go out and get some work, I’m really skint. How old are you?’
She replied 

‘Twelve.’

And that was that! She was the one for me.

We met up a day or two later in my flat to have a kind of run through, to audition each-other sort of thing. She brought her Triton Korg Keyboard along and we began.
 ‘Do you know Ironic by Alanis?’ I asked

 ‘No’ she said.

Do you know, ‘Everyday Is A Winding Road, By Sheryl Crow?’

‘No,’  she said. And that’s how it went on until she said.....

‘Do you know the theme tune to Fame?’ I knew I was in trouble as she thrashed out the tune  so loud she woke the baby who was then only a few months old. 
I sang along but my God we sounded diabolical!

It was the worst audition in history and musically we were chalk and cheese. 
She hated every record in my collection and I wasn’t over keen on hers BUT somehow we both knew that we had to work together and not in hotels but we just had to work together.

We did go out as a duo doing loads of covers and sometimes we enjoyed it and other times we hated it. Sometimes we would literally cry before gigs because one of us wouldn’t want to go in and we’d turn the car around never to be seen again.

Until one day Steve Ennever asked me if I wanted his old piano, the one that used to be resident in Arnie’s Shack Studio, and because I wanted Sid to have piano lessons at some stage we made arrangements to collect it. 

One evening Esther came around to visit. She had been studying song writing at the Brighton Institute Of Music. She had moved to Brighton and I wasn’t seeing much of her at that time. We cracked open a bottle of wine, sat at the piano - having never written a song together before - and wrote ‘Superheroes’.

The start of another unique relationship took shape and Esther and I started writing permanently. It wasn’t easy finding time in between work  and motherhood but where ever possible we would squeeze in a few hours here and there. In time Esther and I had co-written a whole catalogue of songs and formed a solid and wonderful friendship for life.

She even comes on holiday with us because she can’t bear to miss out on anything fun that I’m doing.

With the help of Alan ’Big Al’ Hill at Sonic Studios in Poole our demos have been recorded and ready to be played to the world. 

So if Leona Lewis fancies recording one, can someone please let us know or if Bruce Willis is looking for a theme tune to the next big movie or if you want to see us play on your stage then get in touch. We write them, we play them, we love them. We do whatever comes next.

It’s been a tough, fun,  crazy, hard and relentless journey at times but we’re ready and up for arriving at our next destination!





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


The Romeros represent all the best elements of rock and roll. Punk that’s not stupid, pop that’s not saccharine, rock that’s not boring and real country twang. All these elements come together in songs that are short and sweet with hooks around every corner. The Romeros might remind you of a great 45 single that you found digging in your mom’s record collection or a band your older sister played on her college radio show in 1984, sometimes during the same chorus. The tunes are by no means dated, they are more so timeless with lyrics that sing of heartache, lust, late night telephone calls and love gone wrong. What more could you want from power pop?

But what are the critics saying?

The Romeros have been featured in The Tinley Park Star and Maxim Magazine.

I like the spirit of the band..."

-Richard Milne, 93.1, WXRT

Warning: this EP may actually be cooler than your boyfriend. Or girlfriend. Or friend. In fact, it’s pretty darn cool, full stop. I have discovered a host of cool new bands lately, most of which released a really good, solid debut. None have been on this level of greatness though. Think I’m exaggerating? Hear the rock ‘n’ roll whirlwind that is The Romeros debut ep ‘Cooler than your boyfriend’ and then try saying that. This really represents something different going on in the current hotbed that is the US pop punk scene.

The Romeros hail from Chicago (a famous pop-punk band also originates from there, but I can’t quite remember the name...I think it may have had otter in it somewhere...), blasting out their own awesome take on the power pop genre. Their sound harks back to the late ‘70s, when good time pop-rock songs like those heard here dominated radio playlists. The initial temptation is to cite The Ramones as their primary influence but it would be a huge disservice to The Romeros to simply cast them off as another “Ramonescore” band. Instead, they are reminiscent of all the power pop greats of the past- Cheap Trick, The Boys, The Undertones et al.

Irony. That’s what they will label this as an attempt at- but this couldn’t be further from the truth. They bring simple yet effective pop ditties that last for generations to come. They are NOT simply rehashing an old genre, as is oft the case these days- they totally re-invent an old sound for a new generation. What’s not to love?

‘Tonight’ kicks off this 5-track EP with aplomb. It is just about the best song here- the hooks and melody here just seems endless, and THAT chorus is a killer. It is a song destined for stadiums. I can picture thousands of fans screaming along to “Hey watcha doing tonight?/ I really wanna see you tonight/ Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight!” with ease. The Romeros are no one trick ponies though. All five songs represent powerpop and pop-punk in completely different ways, something very pleasing to see in these genres often criticised for their rigidity.

The last song ‘Love Notes’ proves this more than anything else- a 2 minute love-torn folk ditty, in which the protagonist labels himself as Eric Carmen. A song which is hilarious and heart-breaking simultaneously. ‘Big in Japan’ is the other key highlight here- a tale of pop-punk musicians being rejected by American culture and subsequently favoured by the Japanese, and is done wonderfully both musically and lyrically. The music is in fact good enough for the lyrics not to make any sense at all, and the songs would still be brilliant. As it is, the lyrics are fantastically written and fit very well around the music- “Looks like I got more than I bargained for/ Passed out together on a bathroom floor”.

This band need to be heard so the ‘Big in Japan’ scenario doesn’t develop- they are the latest in an ever-growing line of pop-punk bands that defy reason as to why they are small and “other” pop-punk bands remain big with nowhere near the same level of quality. Admittedly though, The Romeros have only just begun- this being their debut EP- and I absolutely cannot wait to see where they progress to next and what a Romeros LP sounds like. For me, this is a pretty much perfect EP- I wouldn’t change a thing about it- and right now I consider The Romeros to be one of the most exciting new bands on the planet."

-Skankin D', Punk Or Nothing

Chicago's Romeros remind me a great deal of one of my favorite bands from the late '90s and early '00s - Pat Dull & his Media Whores. They're the kind of power pop band that probably rocks your socks off live. I imagine them playing so loud that their amps blow, jumping up and down like hyperactive kids, swigging whiskey shots mid-song, bangin' hot chicks in the bathroom stalls after the set, and storming back to encore with a cover of "Surrender" (or better yet, "He's a Whore"). Welcome to the rockin' side of power pop, ladies and gentlemen.

What I like about this EP is that it plays up the kind of band that The Romeros are. There's no info in the packaging on the specifics of the recording, but it sounds to me like this thing was done live in the studio. I don't hear any obvious overdubs, and it sounds loose and raw enough to pass for a soundboard tape from a live gig. A lot of power pop bands kick ass live, but then you hear the record and they sound all wussy. But here, you get the true flavor of The Romeros. The down side of that is that there are no smooth harmonies, note perfect guitar leads, or other popular frills that one usually looks for in a power pop recording. But I'll take that trade-off in this case. If this were the "Oh, my heart is so broken" brand of power pop, maybe the production wouldn't work for me. But this is the "Yeah! Let's have a good time tonight!" brand of power pop. This is fun, high-energy music that's meant to rock. And the melodies and harmonies are still there - they just aren't dressed up in shimmering studio slickery. Singer Mike Vanderbilt has got a nasally, "rock n' roll" kind of voice that threw me for a loop at first but quickly grew on me.

Apt for a band that plays the middle ground between Cheap Trick and Material Issue, love songs take center stage on this EP. Vanderbilt is clearly in his element writing songs about ex-girlfriends (either real or fictitious - that's his secret!). One is now a lesbian; another is about to get married. If he has his way, he'll be hooking up with the latter tonight. And "Big In Japan", about a power pop band that struggles in the States but finds fame and adoration halfway across the world, is an absolute blast. If there's a prevailing motif here, it's that The Romeros are an "up" kind of band. They want the audience to dance, have fun, and get laid at the end of the night. These songs are teeming with good humor and gargantuan hooks. Hell, they even do a country song! And being a proud bald man, it pleases me that there's one of my kind in this band. Count me in as the newest convert to Romeros fandom!

Lord Rutledge, Now Wave Magazine

Power pop is alive and well on the Chicago's south side. Drinking and dancing have been mainstays of that area for years, partly due to its largely Irish contingent, but also thanks to the likes of Chicago area bands like Cheap Trick and Naked Raygun. The Romeros pick up the torch and spit cheap whiskey all over it, with their hoppy punk tunes that incorporate both rock and rolling all night as well as partying every day.

The Romeros would probably cite bands like the Replacements, the Cars and the Old 97s as their heroes, and its obvious when you listen to their songs. Songs like "Tonight" sound like demos begging to be produced by the likes of Ric Ocasek, while "Big In Japan" is as much a nod to Cheap Trick's Live At Budokan as it is a daydream of the rock star life.

Live the Romeros are at the top of their game. They beg you to get up and be part of the party. Bands like this don't come around much anymore, the kind of old school attitude that doesn't believe in irony, even though the other bands on the bill are probably singing songs about Sega Genesis and Chuck Norris.Yeah, thats funy, sort of, but does it ROCK? I didn't think so.
-Kevin McCullough, Pop Zeus

The Romeros are a classic rock n' roll band, that models itself after The Flaming Groovies and The Ramones. The sonic assault is catchy, especially on "Tonight" with scratchy vocals by Mike Vanderbilt. They have played at IPO Chicago last year and made a really good impression. These guys have a good start, but need some polishing before they really hit it big. Get the EP "Cooler than your Boyfriend" and crank it up at your next backyard party.

-Aaron, Powerpopaholic

What a great discovery. On their absolutely scorching new ep Cooler Than Your Boyfriend, Chicago power popsters the Romeros blast in with a BIG anthemic sound, an absolutely relentless twin guitar attack. They love Big Catchy Hooks. Cheap Trick is the obvious comparison, but without that band’s frequently cloying, dweeby vibe. They also evoke Stiff Little Fingers at their cheeriest and catchiest. Thirty years ago, they would have had a slew of AM radio hits – and that’s a compliment. The Romeros understand that hit songs are simple and catchy: after all, you don’t walk around all day with a Joe Lovano solo running through your head. The album kicks off with Tonight, almost like a slower oi-punk song with a pop feel, like something you would have heard at CBs circa 1980. It’s simple and catchy, maybe echoing what you’d hear on the Saints’ first album, with a simple but effective guitar solo then back into the crunchy chorus with tasteful lead licks on the way out. Wow!

Big in Japan isn’t a cover of the Alphaville hit: it’s another anthem with a sardonic lyric about a band not being able to make it big where their obvious audience is. It sounds like it’s a big crowd-pleaser. Love Notes is fast over a bed of acoustic and electric guitars: it sounds live, maybe better that what they’d be able to do with it in the studio since they completely cut loose with the vocals.

Chicago has long been known for killer party bands and these guys are as good as they get. These guys offer a really cool deal: not only can you get the ep, you also get the "gift pack" which includes a Romeros t-shirt PLUS another bonus disc of live tracks, bootlegs, acoustic demos, basement tapes and rarites along with pins, stickers and a poster for your bedroom door for the obscenely low price of $7! If that’s not fan-friendly, nothing is. What a great way to get to know a totally kick-ass band. CDs are available online and at shows.

-Lucid Culture, March 22nd 2008

"Do you remember rock & roll radio, because that's what The Romeros are." -David Bash, International Pop Overthrow Founder

"The Romeros--for Ramones fans like me, this band is HEAVEN. Short pop tunes that have SO many hooks they stick to the roof of your mouth LONG after the last note of the song! Pure heart, outta-sight hooks, and complete honesty. That is The Romeros!!! -Power Pop Pat Keenan 89.5 FM KOPN Columbia, Missouri

Retro punk outfit The Romeros come off sounding like your everyday high school garage band on their debut EP, Cooler Than Your Boyfriend: They’ve got the vigor, the carefree attitude, and decent enough musicianship.

– Max Herman, Illinois Entertainer

Hard working boys from Chicago's southside. Catchy pop lyrics set against punk infused pop. Have them play your daughters wedding, but lock away the bridesmaids.
-Kelli Lynch, WRRG Radio

VARIOUS ARTISTS
International Pop Overthrow Volume 11 
Not Lame 3 CD
www.notlame.com
I know 66 tracks into 150 words won’t fit, but there’s enough space to alert you to the latest annual edition of the IPO set. Three CDs of melodic guitar-led pop should be enough to get you tapping your way to Not Lame’s website immediately. 
David Bash has compiled another great selection of catchy new tunes by a slew of great artists. Here’s some that grabbed my ears: The Dirty Royals’ ‘Josephine’, unreleased thus far and the catchiest power pop number on the disc; The Ravines (buy their CD post free direct from their website www.theravines.co.uk); Wiretree’s ‘There Goes Pete Best!’; The Respectables’ ‘Charged By The Minute’ (unreleased and as Detroit as it comes). Then there are The Romeros, Service Group, Ken Case Group, Daisy, Kelly Fairchild, Alright Tokoyo, John McMullen and Fireking (new album soon please?). 
Paul Martin

Nito Ferri ( pseudonym of Antonio Fanelli ) was born in Italy (Bari, Puglia) in 1977; a closed child , perhaps a bit ‘ too much , it’s also quiet. However , like its peers, goes to school and helped his father and uncle at an electronics laboratory . Very lively alone with himself , he began to observe the nature that surrounds him always with a singular wonder. In adolescence the father , after the purchase of a washing machine receives a free portable keyboard Yamaha , the Yamaha Shs10 precisely . Nito think its games , friends , to the first computer but this strange keyboard, with the handle -style guitar , does not think at all, indeed, bury under a pile of games and plush. In fact, the keytar , keyboards ie shoulder , very much in vogue in the eighties , they have a strange shape to allow the musician to move freely on stage. But that did not know and especially Nito had never seen in his life a Keytar . A day like any other , along with his childhood friend Mike Silvestri, Nito is about to set up his computer ( the famous Commodore 64 ) to play all afternoon with a game on football. While the two are busy in their raids on the field , Mike realizes the keyboard, noticing tick off a shelf near the door. The sentence was immediate: ” Tony , why do not we light the deal? But what is it? ” And again” You never used ? ” And laughing ” produces sounds ? ” . Nito has decided to ” try to see if it works or if it illuminates a spy .” Well, a lamp lit , the ” Power” . Here are the first sounds come out of the clumsy fingers of Tony. As the weeks passed Nito becomes attached to every single sound and test any kind of rhythm Available keytar . No longer able to pull it out of the room , do not want to go out more with friends and also avoids Mike just to “invent” some new combination of sounds, or some strange combination of rhythms . Recall that at this time the boy has the opportunity to get their hands on so-called father’s names such as Peter Gabriel , Alan Parsons and Jean Michel Jarre say it all. Created the first harmonic turns personalized with strange names : The living room of Mr. Smith or black or even Urla The Curse mother , all linked by stairs sinister , dissonant chords and melodies nightmare . But why Nito decides to sound so gloomy and not ” harmonious ” as do his friends with the guitar for example? Let’s go back to the earlier remarks : the view of nature . Nito remains fascinated to see a storm, loves the thunder , identifies herself in the flinging lightning and begins to read stories about legends , vampires and magic. But the music ? Here , he responds to the world , of his passion bizarre , just recording new tunes. This gives rise to several tens and tens and keyboardist begins to divide them into small compilation in turn inserted into cassette tapes. Created the first works : Prayer for the Jews, Melody , Next Generation, always in imitation of the sacred cows that I mentioned a moment ago : Parsons , Gabriel . etc. . Hours and hours locked in his room , the little artist pulls over 32 cassettes ; also engravings of sounds , noises, home phone , the cat in the garden , crickets , neighbors chatting on the balcony . Puts on tape nightmares and dreams that you remember , places of city and countryside, street lamps that come to life and medieval castles with lots of scary ghosts . Harmonic turns from 1993 to 1997 , with names that are also found in today’s albums are: The Drawbridge , House of swans ( Invader to the gates ) , Guitar Goodbye ( Back Home ) , Carillon and many others. The passion is muted only occasionally and for short breaks as it can happen to any kid of his age : his girlfriend , karate , scooter , trips , disappointments , expectations, but after that it goes back to being more arrogant than ever . The keytar is not enough , it is uncomfortable , it is not on the table , cousins ​​and friends laugh now those sounds so ” robotic ” . Nito decide to buy a real keyboard but his father found him a somewhat ‘ bigger and finally table (not a keytar ) . At that point, Tony ( let’s call it because it will find its own pseudonym of a telephone directory ! ) Decide, along with one of his cousins ​​to choose a different name – Antonio Fanelli not fitted him at all – and to seek out a telephone directory or boobies pages yellow names “strange” . Along with this friend , we’ll call Henry , Tony opts for the surname ” Ferri ” because the ” F” happened to him as soon as he opened the list and ” Nito ” reversing the name Toni . Enthusiastic as ever , he began to write his name on all the new cassette, complimenting Henry and which would involve different compositions . Recall that Henry , a cousin by the mother , was the same age for the sharing of thoughts was practically perfect and without a comma. Agree on everything, even what and how many cookies to enjoy for breakfast the next day could extrapolate from the gimmick numerous musical works, from the most obscure as The Feast of the Baron (The flag of the Bat ) You turn to the more harmonious (A girl with silver hair). Nito and Henry are actively involved in many new jobs with their new KEYTEC M20 , a 5- octave keyboard , simple but functional. Here come The shadow of the lamppost (The revival of the witch ) , Watching you (Contemporary eyes), Together (Togheter for love). Beginning their first loves, first parties of 18 years and inevitably the first disappointment . The tracks start then to change his appearance and identity relate to more “normal” and contained . Nito invents agreements , Henry sings . All proceeds for several years to form a band with 2 other friends . I am not here to tell the tale of these four boys also because the role of Nito in this space-time is placed on the executive floor and interpretation of the musical dimension . Closed parenthesis with 3 different bands and after recording several songs recorded on CD in the Italian language , our author returns to its original dimension : buy a keyboard ( Technics M20) much more sophisticated and start and have fun with the fantasy : born rounds of The Princess room , The last word of the king , The chirping of robins , The second dawn and I saw Dracula. At that point Nito decides to go to the piano , he studied music theory and enrolled in music school , then buy an upright piano marked Shonberg and loosens his fingers fun also in jazz and improvisation . They spend so many years. Nito move for business reasons from Puglia to Piemonte and a passion for medieval music and rock. Change piano for transport reasons buying a digital piano Yamaha P85 with letters to 88 weighted keys and sustain pedal . At that point he decides to listen to all his songs and pick out a few more significant rielaborali and make them listen to a wider audience. The work begins with great enthusiasm and door production as a result the four albums on the site.



A narrator out of the order

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As mentioned in section Keyboardist – keyboardist – Nito at a certain moment of his youth begin to read different stories, all centered on the theme of the fantastic. Devours stories about vampires , poems of Edgar Allan Poe, adventure books like Moby Dick and many texts focused on escapist fiction . He is then stimulated to the magical and esoteric vision of the world and its structures, particularly increases creativity . A rainy Monday comes across the term ” gnome “, search the encyclopedia ” because” at some point in human history appeared in our lives a little more and be ready to hide treasures . He likes a lot and will not stop to think about the fairies of nature.

The readings continue in depth and Nito combines terrifying to his compositions , the first verses of poetry dedicated to nature . When it is evening, he immerses himself in the stars , can not do pleasant ; cries because he can not reach Proxima Centauri ( four years distant star – light from the Earth), it suffers in the woods in which he goes can not find any elf but only mushrooms . In short, his head longer belongs to the imaginary world to the real one .

The first poem to participate in an essay contest entitled the shade of the pear tree ; here Nito describes in detail trees and leaves , enhancing the nature and polemic on the suffering that causes the lack of virtue among men in the world. He prefers almost ” laid to rest under a pear tree ” instead saddened to observe and share the behavior of his fellow men . The poem was published by Otherworld Publisher , along with thirteen other artists, as a result of Rebirth necklace ( for more details see the Portfolio section ) .

As you continue on with the compositions of his dark keyboard, Nito think the myth of vampires and werewolves ; reads the stories , investigates facts , buy Bram Stoker’s Dracula and begins to throw down several lines. This raises a mini story about the creatures of the night , entitled Gerald (just in imitation of the legendary Stephen King with his work “The game of Gerald .” The story takes part in the competition alloween 2006 at the Workshop Arts and arrives between Arezzo top three finalists in ex aequo.

Many sonnets are born dark and mysterious poems ; Nito not stop reading stories , popular beliefs , mythologies of northern Europe, as well as treatises on witchcraft manuals of magic and alchemy .

Unique is its metaphysical creation of an imaginary friend called Toesterly with which our boy enjoys talking and ape relatives worried. From the vision of this ” ghost friend ” was born the chord of “The last word of the king.” Nito , in fact, never ceases to connect the musical experience for literary naturally and spontaneously.

Also for Halloween contests ( held in the beautiful city of Arezzo ) , our narrator , a veteran of the glory and the congratulations of friends for the story of Gerald , invented another paper , this time shorter and better structured , more focused on the theme of ‘ darkness. Introducing ” The cap on the bench flooded .”

With this story, in all respects Horror, Nito took first place ranking in the competition Halloween 2007 – a story for the end of October , witchcraft , ghosts, vampires. All this always at the Bottega arts of Arezzo.

After a few years , just as he steps forward to better study the piano, his friend, Mike Silvestri ( already addressed in section Keyboardist – ) , joined him in writing a fairy tale centered on the theme of wine.

He is born The story of Mr. Lavallee , work of great syntactical accuracy for the most popular soft drink in the world : a fairy tale theme seen through the eyes of a grape and olive living in rural and remote sunniest in the Bel Paese . The story was in the “read in one gulp ” held in Venice and has won several awards from the jury despite not winning any awards .

In the section ” this fantastic ” find the product in two different languages: English and Italian . Of course, the technical terminology concerning the world of wine , makes the idea only in Italian language , for the rest it is a fairy tale elongated impact pleasant and immediate enjoyment . Just , pardon the pun, for true connoisseurs.

Still on the subject of vampires and creatures of the night – Nito it seems almost obsessed , even visiting cemeteries , crypts , observes the dates of ancient tombstones etc . born – an even more terrifying story of The cap on the bench flooded : the birth of The shadow of the lamppost.

A chilling story : a street that comes to life after midnight engulfing unsuspecting passers-by . Everything stems from the fact that our author begins to be haunted by a strange alley near his home , this small street , full of old street lamps , called vico Conte Stella, weighs heavily on the nights of our boy . He wakes up , dreams of witches, cats meow heard all night so left and Principia imagine that one of the oldest street lamps of the alley after midnight to come to life in some way , watching the passers-by and devoured instantly.

It is clear that the readings in background macabre have stimulated a vivid imagination and helped to increase the sensitivity and attention to detail humblest of nature and dream-like vision of reality.

The story from the life around harmonious awakening of the witch, the album A wooden stake for two silver bullets and always participates in Arezzo, for Halloween 2008 , this time winning the third place , paradoxically exceeded by his cousin and co- author of the lyrics , with the account Black Screams (joint first ) .

Interestingly, the inspiration of Henry for what concerns Black Scrams , comes from an old harmonic turn devised always Nito but never became a final song . A nod to the brief notes of this tour , however, is found in the central part of the last word of the king, where the music is suspended for one minute scarce.

In short, almost everything is interconnected between harmonic turns invented , written text , words that take shape in the music and vice versa.

Months went by and Nito Ferri throws on paper dozens of poems on themes fantastic, mysterious , horror, gothic and on the impossible . This will bring about a wide collection which will result in the book : Poems of the hearth, the mystery and whatnot. They spend many months and still many clouds .

At one point , after these different creative experiences , our author decides it’s time to write a real novel , not that he felt up to it but simply because it was strong in him the desire to write a larger story , with many characters, action-packed and always focused on the Middle Ages and the great epics .

Comes to life at this point the draft ” Lanthanum and the goal of the cusp ” then modified abbreviation The goal of the cusp.

Why this title, what does it mean ? Here are the first questions that friends and acquaintances have the narrator’s place simultaneously at Nito Ferri.

The goal is the goal that all of us may ask: I have the goal of becoming a good soccer player , my goal is to swim well. The goal is the ultimate goal of an individual: where he concentrates his forces , the center of the achievement of a whole series of things . The goal is a target here is the link to the cusp.

The cusp , in addition to being in architecture the sharp tip of the buildings , or in a particular of dental medicine , in the language of ancient arms indicates the tip of the arrows , or better of the lances .

The bizarre factor of the title lies in the fact that the goal is already quite an abstract , belonging to the language of the soul , while the cusp is a real object and consistent. The pun is structured so with these three metaphysical definitions :

1 ) Inanimate objects can come to life and have a goal ;

2 ) Everything in nature is alive

3 ) The magic and deities exist : obsessive belief of our artist .

The goal of our launches us into also suffered in the concept of war, revolution , revenge and conquest of peace. These are the reasons that led to Nito choose this title.

Regarding the investigation of the novel and the particular inspiration, I refer the reader to the section dedicated to the two books “books” .

The text has not participated in any competition and was published on behalf publisher Arduino Sack of Rome in 2011 and distributed via the Web through search engines and online bookstores .

While born The goal of the cusp , in the drawer of Nito irons had accumulated , as we said before dozens of sonnets . The author then decides , on an expeditious basis, to publish this second job, just to highlight his vision of the world , not so much to achieve consensus or a ” tide ” of readers from all over the world. The theme of the poem is delicate and not easy to get ahead, the age of technology , with the praises of nature written on paper .

After several audit work , our poet divides the collection into three sections and, depending on the topics covered , the book titled : Poems of the hearth of the mystery and whatnot. It will be the publisher Aletti in Rome to have it published in final and networking as the first book.

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